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Cantata BWV 84
Ich bin vergnügt mit meinem Glücke


Ref.:

BWV 84; BC A 43

German Title:

Ich bin vergnügt mit meinem Glücke

English Title:

I am content in my good fortune (by Joshua Rifkin)

Event:

Solo Cantata (for Soprano) for Septuagesima Sunday
Readings: Epistle: 1 Corinthians 9: 24 - 10: 5; Gospel: Matthew 20: 1-16
Musical Context: Motets & Chorales for Gesima Sundays

Composed:

Leipzig, 1727 (Robertson and Stokes), or 1731 (Schweitzer and Neumann), or 1731/1732 (Terry)
1st performance: February 9, 1727 - Leipzig

Text:

Ämilie Juliane von Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (Mvt. 5); Christian Friedrich Henrici (Picander) ? (Mvts. 1-4)

BWV 84 Text: German-1 | German-6 | German-7 | NBA Text
Translations: English-1 | English-3I | English-3P | English-6 | English-10 | English-14
Catalan-1 | Chinese-2 | Danish-1 | Dutch-0 | Dutch-3 | French-4 | French-5 | French-6 | Hebrew-3 | Hungarian-1 | Hungarian-2 | Indonesian-1 | Italian-5 | Japanese-6 | Norwegian-1 | Polish-1 | Russian-1 | Russian-3 | Spanish-2 | Spanish-3 | Spanish-7 | Spanish/English-8
Chorale Text: Wer weiß, wie nahe mir mein Ende [BWV 84/5]

Scoring:

Soloist: Soprano; 4-part Chorus
Orchestra: oboe, 2 violins, viola, continuo
Mvt. 1: Aria [S] | Mvt. 2: Recitative [S] | Mvt. 3: Aria [S] | Mvt. 4: Recitative [S] | Mvt. 5: Chorale

BWV 84 Scores: Score Vocal & Piano [1.25 MB] | Score BGA [1.85 MB]
Autograph Score (Facsimile): D-B Mus. ms. Bach P 108 | D-B Mus. ms. Bach St 52 [Bach Digital]
Chorales: Mvt. 5
Capella: Mvt. 5 [cap]
MuseScore: Complete Cantata | Mvt. 1 | Mvt. 2 | Mvt. 3 | Mvt. 4 | Mvt. 5 [MuseScore]
Reduced Instrumentation: Complete Cantata [13:30]
Chorale Melody: Wer nur den lieben Gott läßt walten [BWV 84/5]

References:

BWV 84 References: BGA: XX/1 | NBA: I/7 | BC: A 43 | Zwang: K 164 | First Published: BG, 1872 | Autograph score (facsimile): Berlin, Staatsbibliothek | Provenance [PDF] | Bach Digital

Commentaries:

BWV 84 Commentaries: English: Crouch | All Music | Emmanuel Music | Mincham | NBV-AOB | Bachipedia
Nielsen [Danish] | EvH [Dutch] | Role [French] | Reyes [Spanish]

Music:

Music Examples

Discussions:

Week of February 11, 2001; Week of March 30, 2008; Week of March 7, 2010; Week of January 19, 2014


Contents

 

Part 1: Complete Recordings 1900-1949 (0)
Part 2: Complete Recordings 1950-1959 (2)
Part 3: Complete Recordings 1960-1969 (4)
Part 4: Complete Recordings 1970-1979 (3)
Part 5: Complete Recordings 1980-1989 (7)
Part 6: Complete Recordings 1990-1999 (3)
Part 7: Complete Recordings 2000-2009 (12)
Part 8: Complete Recordings 2010-2019 (25)
Part 9: Complete Recordings 2020-2029 (14) = 67
Part 11: Recordings of Individual Movements

Discussions - Part 1 (1st round)
Discussions - Part 2 (2nd round)
Discussions - Part 3 (3rd round)
Discussions - Part 4 (4th round)

Complete Cantatas Vol. 17 - conducted by Ton Koopman
Bach Arias - by Marek Štryncl & Musica Flore with Magdalena Kožená

Prepared by Aryeh Oron (February 2001 - June 2023)

Cantata BWV 84: Ich bin vergnügt mit meinem Glücke for Septuagesima Sunday (1727)
Details | Complete Recordings: 1900-1949 | 1950-1959 | 1960-1969 | 1970-1979 | 1980-1989 | 1990-1999 | 2000-2009 | 2010-2019 | 2020-2029 | Recordings of Individual Movements
Discussions: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4


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